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Editing | Final Assignment Open the final draft of your Expanded Researched Writing (ERW). Follow the directions below and when you are finished, save and upload this document to Final Editing Assignment in the Week 15 folder on our class Blackboard site. Celebrating Accurate Sentence Structures & Paying Attention to Your ‘Favorite Error’ While the organization and development of ideas in a text is much more important than worrying about language errors, it is a good idea to check for and correct language errors that you commonly make. Doing this will make your sentences easier for readers to process; as a result, your readers will be able to pay more attention to the ideas in your paper. We have devoted class time to analyzing sentence structures in academic English, so you know what accurate sentences look like and what affect they have on a reader. In addition, you have already completed three error edit assignments that focused on language accuracy errors that you made in your writing, so you have a good idea about the type of errors you commonly make, and you can fix them. This part of the language reflection provides you with an opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned in these areas. Celebrating 1. In your paper, find a sentence that has at least two clauses without any finite verb or NP errors in it and copy and paste beneath the example sentence below, just beneath the phrase ‘Your sentence:’ a. Find the clauses by making the letters of the i. Subjects = blue ii. Finite verbs = red iii. Object and/or complement NPs = purple b. Underline the IC(s) in the sentence, put the DC(s) in [square brackets] and NPs in (parenthesis) In this example, part of the work described above has been completed; the rest will be presented in the video lesson: ENGH 100 | 2024 1 Editing | Final Assignment In addition, (you) have already completed (three error edit assignments [that focused on language accuracy errors [that you made in your writing]]), so (you) have (a good idea about the type of errors [that you commonly make]), and (you) can fix (them). Paste/type in your sentence here: c. For each NP in the IC(s) of your sentence, fit it into this NP “formula” chart: i. NPs in an IC include the subject and object/complement (the NP after the finite verb). ii. NPs from the example sentence above have been added to the gray cells in the chart as an example; use as many of the empty white cells in the chart to add your NPs (add rows to the chart if needed). Determiner Pre-modification three error edits Head Noun you assignments good you idea a Post-modification that focused on language errors that you made in your writing about the type of errors that you commonly make you them ENGH 100 | 2024 2 Editing | Final Assignment Paying Attention to Your ‘Favorite Error’ We all have ‘signature’ errors we tend to make again and again, so don’t worry about this. What you should do this be aware of the fact that you tend to make this type of error when you write so that you can scan for it and fix it before you submit your work for others to read. 1. Look back at your previous editing assignments. Consider the errors your professor marked and the work you did to fix those errors. Which error did you tend to make again and again? 2. How does this type of error affect a reader’s understanding of the ideas in your writing? 3. What specific focus can you take when you scan your texts to find this error and fix it? 4. What is a source of information you can use to help you understand this error and how to fix it? 5. We professors believe that some errors impede reader understanding and others are more a matter of ‘polite agreement’ (for example, if you use APA or MLA style citations and if you present them exactly as the rules of the style demand). Is your favorite type of error one that is likely to impede meaning or one that is more a matter of politeness? Why do you think this? ENGH 100 | 2024 3